Computer devices



1966 E. .1. BETZOLD, JR, ETAL 3,229,072

COMPUTER DEVICES 46 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 1, 1961 INVENTORS. EDWARDJ. BETZOLD, JR., ALLAN W. LINDBERG, ROBERT J. O'DONNELL, AND RONALD M.WROB LZlfW/W ATTORNEY Jan. 11, 1966 Filed May 1. 1961 E. J. BETZOLD, JR,ETAL 3,229,072

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COMPUTER DEVICES 46 Sheets-Sheet 19 Filed May 1, 1961 ROBERT J.ODONNELL, AND RONALD M. WROB ATTORNEY jINVENTORS.

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1. A COMPUTER DEVICE FOR COMPUTING AND RECORDING ELAPSED-TIME INTERVALSUPON A TICKET AT VARIABLE RATES, SAID COMPUTER DEVICE COMPRISING SUPPORTMEANS, IN THE NATURE OF A STRUCTURAL CHASSIS, TIME-CONTROLLED MEANS,TICKET-RECEIVING MEANS CARRIED BY AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHASSIS FORSUPPORTING THE TICKET, MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS NIPROXIMITY TO SAID TICKET-RECEIVING MEANS FOR APPLYING TO A TICKET ARECORD OF THE TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF AN INTERVAL, MEANS OPERATIVELYMOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS IN PROXIMITY TO SAID TICKET-RECEIVING MEANS FORALSO IMPRINTING SAID RECORD UPON THE TICKET IN CHRONOLOGICAL NOTATIONFEELER, MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS IN PROXIMITY TO SAIDTICKET-RECEIVING MEANS FOR SENSING SUCH RECORD AND,INTERVAL-DETERMINATION MEANS ADAPTED FOR OPERATION IN STRICTCHRONOLOGICAL CONSONANCE WITH SAID TIME-CONTROLLED MEANS FOR SUBTRACTINGSAID RECORD AS SENSED BY THE FEELER-MEANS FROM THE TIME AT THE END OFTHE INTERVAL TO ESTABLISH THE QUANTITY OF ELAPSED TIME IN THE INTERVAL,RATE-ESTABLISHING MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS ANDINCLUDING MEANS FOR STORING SELECTED MULTIPLIERS TO BE USED AS APREDETERMINED RATE DURING THE COMPUTATION, CALCULATING MEANS OPERATIVELYMOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS AND BEING OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED BETWEENINTERNAL DETERMINATION MEANS AND THE RATE-ESTABLISHING MEANS FORMULTIPLYING SAID QUANTITY OF ELAPSED TIME BY SAID PREDETERMINED RATE,ACCUMULATOR MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CALCULATING MEANS FORTOTALIZING THE PRODUCT, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CHASSIS ANDOPERATVIELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ACCUMULATOR MEANS FOR VISUALLYDISPLAYING SAID PRODUCT.